1st Annual Great Five Mile Kayak Challenge

On Saturday, Sept 24th at 9am, the Newburgh Rowing Club will be hosting the 1st Annual Great Five Mile Kayak Challenge at Ward Brothers Park in Newburgh, NY. The event will commemorate the “Great Five Mile Rowing Match” of 1867 and will support increased public access to the Newburgh waterfront, assist with our shoreline restoration efforts, and allow us to continue to offer our Learn-to-Row Programs to the surrounding communities. Click here for more details.

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Photo by Newburgh photographer Cher Vick. Add your own photos depicting city life to the Newburgh Restoration Flickr pool to be used on the blog, or email me. **Flickr users please do not forget to remove disabling of downloading of pictures otherwise, I can’t use them** Please do not take photos for your own use without consulting the photographer.